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Episode 2061
In the final episode of Toilets Through Time, we’ve finally reached the age of avant-garde sewerage systems and shining porcelain cisterns: the Victo…
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How games changed history
Episode 2060
From Chess and Go, to Snakes and Ladders, Monopoly and the ancient Egyptian game of Senet, people have long had a fascination with games. But accordi…
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George Orwell: life of the week
Episode 2059
From doublethink and thoughtcrime to coming face-to-face with our worst nightmares inside Room 101, few writers have had as much impact on the popula…
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Lines on a map: borders that shaped world history
Episode 2058
People have been drawing lines on maps as long as there have been maps to draw on – whether for political, geographical or sometimes completely arbit…
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Tartan: everything you wanted to know
Episode 2057
We're all familiar with the checks and stripes of tartan. But, how much do you know about the colourful history of the textile famously sported by th…
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Olympic History: everything you wanted to know
Over the past two weeks, we've witnessed spectacular sporting achievements in Paris. And for anyone who doesn't feel quite ready for the Olympics to …
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Hidden labs, sex gardens & torture attics: secrets of British royal palaces
Episode 2056
If walls could talk, what secrets would those of a British royal palace whisper? Murder, debauchery, treason and more, says Professor Kate Williams. …
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Toilets through time | 3. Tudor garderobes
Episode 2055
Did constipation turn Henry VIII into a tyrant? For the third episode of our mini-series Toilets Through Time, David Musgrove revisits the luxurious …
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Gulbadan Begum: princess, explorer, author
Episode 2054
Gulbadan Begum was meant to live a quiet life in a Mughal harem. Instead she set off on a daring pilgrimage to Islam's holy cities and, on her return…
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Anne Frank: life of the week
Episode 2053
Anne Frank was one of six million Jews to be murdered by the Nazis. A number of these victims' lives were lost to history. But Anne had left behind a…
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